Secondary Work Groups
2024-2025 Projects
New Schools: Secondary Teaching for Mastery Development
Summary
This Development Work Group is part of the continuing programme to develop teaching for mastery in maths in secondary schools.
Schools who participated in this Work Group will then join the Embedding Work Group for their second year. This will allow participant schools to develop a teaching for mastery approach to implement the DFE KS3 Guidance. Each school will develop their own practice and are empowered by their Head of Departments to start to bring about changes within the department.
Time Commitment: 5 half days (1-4pm) sessions and 5 school visits.
Suitable for: Secondary
Returning Schools: Secondary Teaching for Mastery Sustaining
Summary
This project is for schools who have been through development and embedding to continue their journey. This Work Group will provide the opportunity for schools to sustain, improve and refine secondary teaching for mastery in maths in their schools. This will allow participant schools to develop a teaching for mastery approach to implement the DFE KS3 Guidance. By training the department through the individual, changes will be brought about within the department by the empowered participant.
Time Commitment: 1 full day and 4 afternoon sessions
Suitable for: Secondary
Secondary Maths Subject Leaders Community
Summary
The project is for secondary heads of department/subject leaders and is open to heads of department in schools already involved with Maths Hubs and to those who are not yet involved. This project provides an opportunity for participants to deepen their understanding of teaching approaches, their wider roles, and their capacity with their colleagues to transform secondary maths learning. They will work collaboratively with other subject leaders, discuss developments, engage with research, and use this experience to inform their work in leading and developing maths education in school.
Time Commitment: equivalent of 3 days
Suitable for: Secondary
Securing Foundations at Year 7
Summary
This project is for teachers working with those Year 7 students who have not met age related expectations in maths, particularly students whose attainment is in the bottom 20-30% of the national cohort at the end of KS2. This project aims to provide professional development and resources for secondary maths teachers, so they are better equipped with KS1 and KS2 maths curriculum domain-specific knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge. It will give them the necessary expertise to support students with gaps in understanding content from previous Key Stages.
Time Commitment: Approx 4 days (half-termly online workshops)
Suitable for: Secondary
Specialist Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics - Secondary (Non-Specialists)
Summary
This project is designed to support non-specialist teachers teaching maths in a secondary school in developing specialist knowledge (the blend of subject knowledge and pedagogical knowledge) for teaching mathematics, thus enabling them to understand, teach and support students in maths in the classroom.
Time Commitment: 6 full days, from 09:30 – 15:30 (blended, online and in person)
Suitable for: Secondary
This Work Group is with the London Central and West Maths Hub.
Specialist Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics - Secondary Teaching Assistants
Summary
This is for teaching assistants who work predominantly with students in the KS3 maths classroom or who lead intervention sessions with groups of students. Participants’ schools should already be engaged with a Teaching for Mastery Work Group, and this programme will complement this provision. This programme is designed to improve the subject knowledge and pedagogical knowledge for all TAs supporting the learning of secondary maths.
Suitable for: Secondary
This Work Group is with the London South West Maths Hub.